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Love YA like a Sister: A Story of Friendship |
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Julie Johnston (Editor) |
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From Publishers Weekly
Johnston (The Only Outcast) pays tribute to Katie Ouriou, a real-life Canadian who died in October 1996 before her 17th birthday, with this collection of Katie's epistles. But much of what appears here seems more suited to those who knew Katie than to a general audience. Katie moves to France with her parents and older sister. The 16-year-old is anxious to start her adventure in a foreign country, but sorely misses her "homies." She contacts them regularly (mostly via e-mail), eager to express her (not always positive) impressions of Parisian society and share self-help tips and philosophical quotes she gleans from her spiritual readings (e.g., "To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are"). Like most adolescent girls, Katie obsesses about her body, remains fanatically loyal to her... |
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The Only Outcast |
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Julie Johnston |
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0613280083 |
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From Publishers Weekly
The author of Hero of Lesser Causes and Adam and Eve and Pinch Me offers a leisurely paced coming-of-age novel tinged with mystery. In the summer of 1904, Fred Dickinson, a 16-year-old Canadian, sets out with his two younger brothers and sister for their annual vacation at their grandparents' lakeside cottage. Still missing his mother, who died three years ago, Fred is relieved to escape his overbearing and critical father, who, Fred declares, "finds it too nerve-wracking to have me stuttering and stumbling around him all day." Through carefully mapped scenes, Johnston traces Fred's maturation as he rescues various siblings from danger, receives a first, painful lesson in love and discovers the truth behind the local legend involving a murderous ferryman. The book contains a good deal of action, but its main... |
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In Spite of Killer Bees |
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Julie Johnston |
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0613772644 |
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From School Library Journal
Gr 7-10-The Quade girls were raised by their father, a small-time gambler and thief who was disowned by his wealthy father for marrying a good-for-nothing woman. After their mother deserts them and their father dies, the girls are taken in by a woman who owns a deli, but their lives change when they are notified that the grandfather whom they've never met has died and named them in his will. Helen, 22, Jeannie, 17, and Aggie, 14, meet with the attorney only to learn that in order to claim their inheritance, they must live in their grandfather's mausoleum-type house in a town populated by people who are suspicious of them, and convince their Great Aunt Lily, whom they think is crazy, to live with them. Aunt Lily thinks the girls are imposters. Ever-fearful Aggie worries about what will happen to her as her... |
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Susanna's Quill |
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Julie Johnston |
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0887767060 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 6-9 - An acclaimed Canadian author veers from her solid contemporary novels with this fictionalized account of Susanna Strickland Moodie's life as a young girl in England and as an adult frontierswoman in Canada. In the 19th century, when writing was still a socially unacceptable venue for ladies, Susanna makes a name for herself as a poet. At age 28, she falls in love with the admirable but poverty-stricken John Moodie; they marry and move to Canada, lured by the promise of free land and the opportunity to make their fortunes. Reality, however, proves a difficult teacher: their only servant accidentally shoots a neighbor's cow instead of a deer; ague and scarlet fever threaten the family; John is frequently absent trying to make money for the family through (bad) investments. Haunted by debt, clinging... |
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Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me |
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John Ed. Johnston |
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Hardcover |
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0613773128 |
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From Publishers Weekly
A hard veneer encases 15-year-old Sara. Through a series of hardships and tragedies, Sara, given up at birth by her unwed mother, has traveled from one foster home to another. She eagerly awaits her next birthday, when she can quit school and be on her own. For now, however, Sara must adjust to yet another "placement." Arriving at the Huddlestons' farm, she meets a good-natured couple and their other charges--adorable Josh, age four, and the delinquent Nick, whose misdeeds nearly destroy these individuals' attempts to become a loving family. Johnston, the Canadian author of the award-winning Hero of Lesser Causes , has an uncanny ear for her characters' voices. If the plot is not altogether credible--especially a subplot about Sara's birth mother's search for her--the players are brilliantly etched, and a hint of... |
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Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me |
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John Ed. Johnston |
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088776648X |
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From Publishers Weekly
A hard veneer encases 15-year-old Sara. Through a series of hardships and tragedies, Sara, given up at birth by her unwed mother, has traveled from one foster home to another. She eagerly awaits her next birthday, when she can quit school and be on her own. For now, however, Sara must adjust to yet another "placement." Arriving at the Huddlestons' farm, she meets a good-natured couple and their other charges--adorable Josh, age four, and the delinquent Nick, whose misdeeds nearly destroy these individuals' attempts to become a loving family. Johnston, the Canadian author of the award-winning Hero of Lesser Causes , has an uncanny ear for her characters' voices. If the plot is not altogether credible--especially a subplot about Sara's birth mother's search for her--the players are brilliantly etched, and a hint of... |
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Hero of Lesser Causes |
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John Ed. Johnston |
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0887766498 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Johnston makes a rousing debut with this moving book, set in 1946, winner of the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature in Canada. Keely, age 12, and her spirited, slightly older brother Patrick are "Siamese twins joined at the mind." But a carefree summer in their Canadian town ends abruptly when Patrick contracts polio (presumably from swimming, despite warnings, in a particular pool). Frustrated by his near-total paralysis, the boy lashes out at family and friends, and castigates himself. Eager to bolster Patrick's morale, his sister enlists the help of best friend Ginny and Alex, a good-natured new neighbor. Although the story takes off slowly (a paragraph is spent on toasting bread), it accelerates into a spectacular novel, balancing coming-of-age angst with the grief from a sudden, devastating... |
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Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me |
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Julie Johnston |
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0785778071 |
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From Publishers Weekly
A hard veneer encases 15-year-old Sara. Through a series of hardships and tragedies, Sara, given up at birth by her unwed mother, has traveled from one foster home to another. She eagerly awaits her next birthday, when she can quit school and be on her own. For now, however, Sara must adjust to yet another "placement." Arriving at the Huddlestons' farm, she meets a good-natured couple and their other charges--adorable Josh, age four, and the delinquent Nick, whose misdeeds nearly destroy these individuals' attempts to become a loving family. Johnston, the Canadian author of the award-winning Hero of Lesser Causes , has an uncanny ear for her characters' voices. If the plot is not altogether credible--especially a subplot about Sara's birth mother's search for her--the players are brilliantly etched, and a hint of... |
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Hero of Lesser Causes |
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Julie Johnston |
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077375850X |
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From Publishers Weekly
Johnston makes a rousing debut with this moving book, set in 1946, winner of the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature in Canada. Keely, age 12, and her spirited, slightly older brother Patrick are "Siamese twins joined at the mind." But a carefree summer in their Canadian town ends abruptly when Patrick contracts polio (presumably from swimming, despite warnings, in a particular pool). Frustrated by his near-total paralysis, the boy lashes out at family and friends, and castigates himself. Eager to bolster Patrick's morale, his sister enlists the help of best friend Ginny and Alex, a good-natured new neighbor. Although the story takes off slowly (a paragraph is spent on toasting bread), it accelerates into a spectacular novel, balancing coming-of-age angst with the grief from a sudden, devastating... |
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In Spite of Killer Bees |
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Julie Johnston |
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0887766013 |
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From School Library Journal
Gr 7-10-The Quade girls were raised by their father, a small-time gambler and thief who was disowned by his wealthy father for marrying a good-for-nothing woman. After their mother deserts them and their father dies, the girls are taken in by a woman who owns a deli, but their lives change when they are notified that the grandfather whom they've never met has died and named them in his will. Helen, 22, Jeannie, 17, and Aggie, 14, meet with the attorney only to learn that in order to claim their inheritance, they must live in their grandfather's mausoleum-type house in a town populated by people who are suspicious of them, and convince their Great Aunt Lily, whom they think is crazy, to live with them. Aunt Lily thinks the girls are imposters. Ever-fearful Aggie worries about what will happen to her as her... |
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Only Outcast |
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Julie Johnston |
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0887764886 |
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From Publishers Weekly
The author of Hero of Lesser Causes and Adam and Eve and Pinch Me offers a leisurely paced coming-of-age novel tinged with mystery. In the summer of 1904, Fred Dickinson, a 16-year-old Canadian, sets out with his two younger brothers and sister for their annual vacation at their grandparents' lakeside cottage. Still missing his mother, who died three years ago, Fred is relieved to escape his overbearing and critical father, who, Fred declares, "finds it too nerve-wracking to have me stuttering and stumbling around him all day." Through carefully mapped scenes, Johnston traces Fred's maturation as he rescues various siblings from danger, receives a first, painful lesson in love and discovers the truth behind the local legend involving a murderous ferryman. The book contains a good deal of action, but its main... |
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Skeletons In The Closet: True Ghost Stories of the Shoals Area |
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Debra Johnston |
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Secrets |
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Selected by Marthe Jocelyn |
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0887767230 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8–Many secrets are revealed in this collection of 12 unforgettable short stories. In Gillian Chans Dream Girls, Ella, 10, is happy to be everything Sonia is not–a tomboy who loves playing outdoors, getting dirty, and having fun. Her mother always compares her to her friends daughter, but when Sonia comes for a visit, she is well-mannered with the adults but mean and spiteful to Ella. In Jocelyns How It Happened in Peach Hill, deceit runs in the family. To drum up business for Mama, a pseudo-clairvoyant, her daughter hangs around town, appearing to be mentally challenged while gathering gossip. But when Mama goes too far with a psychic performance on a rich widower, the lies take a different direction. In Teresa Totens Fathers Day, Katie fakes her drunk and abusive fathers death to avoid... |
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